Auron Therapeutics, a four-year-old, Wellesley, Ma.-based biotech that’s developing new cancer therapies to target dysregulated differentiation and cellular plasticity, has raised $48 million in Series A funding led by DCVC. Other backers in the round include pharma giant Eli Lilly, Creyon Bio, Totus Medicines, and GenEdit, among numerous others. FierceBiotech has more here.
Charles, a three-year-old, Berlin-based conversational commerce startup, has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from Accel and HV Capital. This follows a $6.5 million seed round of funding it raised last year. TechCrunch has more here.
Healthie, a six-year-old, New York-based software company that helps healthcare companies and startups handle their back-office operations, has raised $16 million in Series A funding. Velvet Sea Ventures led the round, joined by Greymatter Capital, Watershed, Builders VC, and others. TechCrunch has more here.
Intelligent City, a 14-year-old Vancouver-based proptech applying automation and robotics to the design and construction of prefabricated mass timber buildings, has raised $17 million in Series A funding. BDC Capital’s Cleantech Practice, Greensoil PropTech Ventures, UIT Growth Equity, Fulmer & Company, and others invested in the round. FinLedger has more here.
KitaBeli, a two-year-old, Jakarta-based social commerce platform, has raised $20 million in funding. Glade Brook Capital led the round, joined by AC Ventures, GoVentures, and InnoVen Capital. TechNode Global has more here.
Koffie Insurance, a three-year-old, Brooklyn, N.Y.-based insurance company for the trucking and transportation sector, has raised $11 million in Series A funding. Anthemis Group led the round, joined by Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, CP Overture, Breakout Capital, Two Lanterns Venture Partners, and others. Insurance News has more here.
Optic, a five-month-old San Francisco startup that uses AI to authenticate non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and whose founder spent roughly 14 years collectively at Google and YouTube, has raised $11 million in seed funding led by Kleiner Perkins and Pantera Capital. Other investors in the round included Lattice Capital, OpenSea, Circle, Polygon, CoinDCX, Neon DAO and Flamingo DAO, among others. Coindesk has more here.
Priori Legal, a 9.5-year-old, New York-based legal marketplace for in-house legal teams, has raised $15 million in extended Series A funding led by Eagle Proprietary Investments, with Thomson Reuters Ventures, The LegalTechFund, Thirty Five Ventures, and numerous other backers participating. Business Insider has more here.
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